Satellite Image Shows Construction of World’s First Floating City – Newsweek
![Architectural rendering of the Maldives Floating City that is being developed in a lagoon 15 minutes boat ride from Male’. Designed by Dutch firm, Waterstudio, the floating city will comprise of 5,000 housing units, tethered to the lagoon floor (credit: Press Release, June 25, 2022 via MaldivesFloatingCity.com).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Maldivesfloatingcity-Main-Render-2021-798x610.jpeg)
A floating city, considered the world’s first, is starting to take shape in the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean…Satellite imagery provided exclusively to Newsweek by Maxar Technologies shows the state of construction of the Maldives Floating City, a development of modular floating platforms that is scheduled to be completed in 2027….
New islands are being built at sea – but they won’t help millions made homeless by sea-level rise – the Conversation
![The Palm Jumeirah, December 31, 2011 (by Armin Rodler CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/6646011887_3f900e1761_c-798x449.jpg)
Dubai’s famous Palm Jumeirah is not the only man-made island to have emerged from the sea this century. Over the past 20 years, many islands have been built to accommodate both tourists and well-heeled residents – especially in the Arabian Gulf states and China..